THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAN D SUNDAY MORNING? SEPTEMBER 21, 1919.
FABRIC BREAKS IN
CASINGS
SHOULD
BE
WATCHED
Blowouts Do Npt Follow Directly
After Original Injury but Per
haps Month Afterward.
WOW REPAIRS CAN BE MADE
Instructions Offered Motorists
Who Are. Caught in Places
Where No Shop Is Available.
Have you ever had a blowout
when your car waa atari ding still,
after coming from a drive on a
smooth, level road?
Or have you had the experience
of cttlnc out to your garage and find
ing a perfectly flat tire? It waa all
right when you drove in the evening
before. Something had happened
to it overnight.
You removed the tire and tube, found
the tube torn and a clean break on the
Inside fabric of the tire.
What caused the fabric break?
It la very probable that it waa started
a week or even a month previous, when
you ran over a brick, a rut, or a hole In
the street while running at high speed.
Then, again, it may have been caused
when. In turning around In the street,
you allowed the front or real wheels of
the car to bang Into the curbstone. Of
course, this is mote likely to happen if
the brakes are not in good working or
der. At first the break may be small, but
the broken threads of the fabric at the
injury chafe eatfh other while the tire is
in use, setting up an Internal friction
that quickly causes the break to en
large. OTHER FLIES BREAK
The other plies soon break, the tube
Is pinched and a blowout results. Gener
ally this occurs some time after the orig
inal break and when circumstances point
to no apparent cause.
It is unfortunate that the bruise or
fabric break is seldom manifested by any
Indication on the outaide of the tire, for
the tough tread rubber stretches when
the tire strikes the stone or curb, but
the fabric can stretch only a certajn
limit and when taxed beyond that point
will break. Often only the innermost
ply is injured.
Consequently it Is good practice care
fully to examine the inside of your tires
for fabric breaks every time they are re
moved from the rim, or have your serv
ice station dealer do It for you whenever
he removes your tires.
Sometimes a small fabric break that
cannot be found by ordinary examina
tion causes tube puncture. These small
breaks may be located In this manner :
Mark the position of the valve on the
casing before removing the tube, then
remove the tube, place the valve at the
mark and measure with the tube around
the tire. Thus the puncture in the tube
locates the break in the fabric.
The best way to avoid stone bruises is
to avoid hitting the stones, the bumps
and the ruts in the-road as much as pos
sible. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
But there Is always the probability
that you may be placed In circumstances
that practically compel you to repair the
tire yourself. For Instance, you may be
running without spare tires and far from
a service station, therefore, when the
bruise or blowout comes, a repair is nec
essary. After a blowout comes, do not , run
the tire a foot farther than Is necessary,
but immediately put in a temporary re
pair or change tires, and aa soon as
possible take the injured tire to the
vulcaniser for a permanent repair.
For an emergency repair on the road.
I RESULTS OF BLOWOUT SHOWN
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Fabric Breaks
use a rlmcut patch. It should be ap
plied without cement bo that it can be
removed later under less stressful con
ditions, and a permanent vulcanized
repair made.
If the tire is too old to be worth vul
canizing, a permanent repair can be
made that will allow the tire to be used
many" more miles by using the rlmcut
patch and cementing it in with patch
ing cement.
To do this, follow these directions :
First be sure the fabric at the break Is
dry, then clean the inside of the tlas
thoroughly at the break with gasoline
for a space slightly larger than the
patch, after it is dry apply two coats
of patching cement, allowing- time for
each coat to dry and become tacky.
Give the outside of the patch the eamt
number of coats and after this cement
is dried, insert the patch by seating the
toe of the tire bead in the crease in the
patch wing. Now work the patch down
all the way across the tire, pressing it
down firmly and smoothly, and then ad
just the other bead.
A repair of this nature is often the
means of enabling you to use the tire
Immediately, of securing many hundreds
of additional miles, or the tire may be
carried as a spare.
If in repairing the inside of the casing
In the above way it is noticed that the
tread also has been injured, this, too,
should be repaired by using tire putty
and patching cement Of course. If the
tread Injury is large. It should be re
paired by an expert tire repair man.
ROAD PARTLY GOOD;
SCENERY. IS SUPREM
E
(Continued From Pace One)
of spring. And to the eye of the unin
formed observer, the activity in evidence
seems to bear out the statement
Clatskanie is the next town to be en
tered, and the road for the ten miles
after the end of the paving, presents an
ever -changing appearance, a short rough
stretch straining the- driver's patience to
the breaking point, only to give way to
some smooth macadam that saves him
before he becomes a complete wreck.
One may feel that the macadam will
last for the rest of the trip, and then
one slips off the edge of the carefully
groomed " road onto some more of the.
first vintage. There is absolutely no
chance to go to sleep along here, and If
variety is the spice of life, Oregon can
make a fortune out of spice for mince
pies for next Thanksgiving. There Is
enough there to supply all the house
wives in the Union.
SHEEP LACK ANT SENSE
For the route to Clatskanie there is
nothing to give but praise, but when it
comes to the discussion of the intelli
gence of the stock, and the sheep in par
ticular, along this section of the route,
the historian must pause and consider
the case as one for a little well-meant
censure. The sheep are Ignorant, and
that word is a mild one. Aa the car
turned a curve and bore down upon the
suburbs of the town ef Clatskanie, there
appeared In the road ahead a Sheep ef
rather large proportions. The mere fact
that the sheep is large la of ho great
Importance, but the fact that the animal
remained in the exact "center of the road,
and gave no hint as to whether It might
move, or If It did, the direction the
move would take. The' driver was at a
loss. Since the sheep would not (nova,
and yet made no attempt to pull wool
over the eyes of the party, as It wara,
by an exhibition of foot work or
strategical tactics, the car was steered
to the right The sheep moved in the
same direction. It seemed to be tire In
tention of the Quadruped to memorise
the license number of the car. Baltey
seemed to be afraid it might be a coun
try speed cop in disguise, and waa In
favor of treating the chance acquaint
ance with all respect A switch to the
left finally solved the difficulty, for the
sheep was finally passed, and went on
up the road in search. It might be sup
posed, of little Boo Peep.
REGULAR BOVINE SEA
Clatskanie is entered at (7.1, and be
yond the town a turn Is made to the
right, and the way continues to be the
father of all. surprise packages, though
never being In poor enough condition to
oppose a good rate' of speed. The way
al along is fitted for good, comfortable
driving and no motorist should feel that
the trip is one that will require a great
deal of preparation for hardship. Excel
lent time may be made at practically
every point on the whole route, the
rough places being comparatively few.
Kerry comes into view at 75.4 and the
way Is good to the Clatsop-Columbia
county line at 7C.3, and on beyond, and
it care Is taken In driving through
droves of cows that may be on the road.
no slackening of speed ts necessary. The
party last Saturday faad quite an. eg-
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citing time navigating the Moon through
a bovine sea, where the .waves, to carry
out the simile. ; did not roar, but . did
low in a most disconcerting manner.
Rather a low trick to play, the party
thought v
And so goes the trip, now pausing to
admire the view, now sitting back to en
Joy the rush of air when the Moon did
its little speed act on one of the long,
smooth bits of road, and anon discussing
the possibilities of refreshment that
may be found In the next town.
WILL BE IDEAL TRIP
Soon Astoria, the "City by the Sea,"
is seen below the car, where It Lies
among the hills along the lower course
of the Columbia. There is some paving
before the town Is reached, and a turn
to the right at 105.0 will put the motor
ist on the right road for the center of
the town, a road that bears all the marks
of being , cared for by excellent super
vision. From Astoria the run to Seaside, 20.4
miles further down the shore, may be
made, and the night spent at that popu
lar resort When the paving is all com
pleted, the run to Seaside will be one of
the. most pleasant Sunday jaunts at the
doors of Portland, and one that will be
popular with tourists as well as the
natives of our Rose City. At the pres
ent rate of road improvement that will
be possible early next spring.
It Is plain to see that the upper Colum
bia highway will soon have a scenic
rival in the lower.
LOO OP TBIP
The log of the trip follows :
0.0 Journal building. North on Broad
way to Washington. Out Wash
ington to Twenty-third. North on
Twenty-third to Thurmin anri
fcnt to Ltnnton road. Pavement to
Seappoose. Turn right Rough
macadam road.
Warren. Road becomes more
smooth from here.
Turn left Road good to
Houlton. Pavement for. short dis
tance. Turn left.
Short rough stretch.
goad construction going on here,
irt road and muddy.
Turn right around Columbia City.
Pavement begins.
Deer Island.
Knd of pavement
Short detour. Bridge out
Road work here. Some loose rock.
Pavement begins again.
Cross railroad and more pave
ment. Goble. Pavement continues to
Rainier.
Turn right
More pavement.
Paving ends. More road work
nere, crew laying hot stuff.
67.1 Clatskanie.
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2.
29.3
29.S
30.3
31.4
1.6
82.2
39.9
36.2
3S.2
38.4
40.3
40.4
41.3
42.6
49.3
49.8
60.5
66.0
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Conference Held in New York
Will Advocate Uniform Laws
in All States.
New one-ton O. II. C track, with full Goodyear pneumatic tire equipment, recently purchased by Meier &
Frank company from Wentworth & Irwin.
7.a Turn right
69.9 Rough, well rutted.
76.4 Kerry, road good to
76.3 Clatsop-Columbia county line.
Smooth sailing along here.
93.5 Some crushed rock.
94.7 Straight ahead.
55.6 More pavement
98.9 Paving ends. Rough going for
short distance.
101.6 Pavement begins.
105.0 Turn right and continue to
107.5 Astoria.
Examine Cutout Switch
Occasionally examine the cutout
switch of the generator to see if it Is
properly disconnecting the generator
circuit from the ground. This switch
should be In the open position when the
motor Is stopped, and should be closed
or down when the motor i running at a
speed corresponding to six or seven
miles per hour or better.
School for Coaching
Automobile Drivers
Is Opened to Public
That automobile owners who can af
ford chauffeurs are Insisting that the
men they hire know how to drive econ
omically ; and that women who enjoy
driving their own cars are no longer
content to pull a lever or press a button
without knowing what takes place under
the cowl, are considerations which have
prompted the Colt-Stratton company.
Dodge Brothers dealer In New York
city, to open a "School for Drivers" In
their sales building.
The school opened March 17, with four
classes a week, one devoted exclusively
to oo aching of chauffeurs and drivers
in the economics of operation and main
tenance expense, the other three for the
general public. Among the 130 already
enrolled are two men sent in by John D.
Rockefeller and two by hla son. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Both the Rockefellers
own Dodge Brothers motor cars.
The course as outlined this year Is
unusually domnrehenslve. It not only
covers the practical and theoretical oper
ation of motor vehicles, but includes lec
tures on roads, traffic regulations, tires,
storage batteries, etc., as well.
The department of instruction for
women . is conducted by an expert who
Is familiar with women's needs and in
terests along this line, and unlike many
similar courses, the instructor has suc
ceeded In adjusting his lessons to the
lay mind, and does not assume me
chanical knowledge on the part of his
Concerted action directed toward &
the abatement of automobile steal
ing and the Improvement of hlgh-t
ways will be taken by the national
associations representing Owners,
dealers and manufacturers, a the
result of a conference held Septem-,
ber 9 at the offices of the National i
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
in New York city.
To curb car stealing they will ask for
users and will urge that the Dyer bill
be passed by congress, ' making it. a
felony to take a stolen car from on
state to another, punishable by Impris
onment of not less than two years nor
more than 10. In the direction of . ob
taining better roads they will Inderse
the Townsend bill and encourage evary-
wnere permanent types or mgnways lor
motor vehicle use.
Another bill that will have their sup
port will be the Volstead bill, a prohi
bition measure which, through . the
efforts of the National Automobile Deal
ers' association, has been amended so as
t f Tirfttrt ilnfiljtri it'hn hnM mn.t mn mM
on automobiles confiscated for carrying
liquor.
The contemplated coordination oC
effort was brought about by the grow
ing insistence of automobile users every
where for more uniform and effective
legislation bearing on the needs men
tioned. It was recognised by all present
that duplication of effort could be avoid
ed and the facts presented more clearly
to the public through cooperation than
through independent effort It was also
'felt that In this manner legislators
could be supplied with basic information
which they desire now but which has
not been readily available In the past
as to the best means of procedure to
gain the dealreJ ends.
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